Principal Process Associate (Intelligent Automation Engineer)

Capital One
Capital One

Software Engineering

McLean, VA, USA · Wilmington, DE, USA · Riverwoods, IL, USA · Richmond, VA, USA

Posted on Jul 1, 2026
Principal Process Associate (Intelligent Automation Engineer)

Capital One is seeking a motivated professional for a Principal Process Associate position on the Finance Product and Data Solutions team.

In this role, you will work as a part of a highly collaborative team supporting the Finance organization. The associate will perform core intelligent automation duties, including designing cognitive workflows, scaling data compliance tracking, and expanding our automated bot ecosystem.

  • Gathers requirements, builds, tests, and deploys intelligent automation workflows and cognitive solutions using industry-standard tools with minimal oversight.

  • Utilizes best practices to optimize business processes using intelligent automation, machine learning (ML) integrations, and artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce incident handling time, change implementation time, and service delivery.

  • Creates monitoring and analytics solutions for automated workflows using industry-standard tools.

  • Creates processes, procedures, guidelines, and standards for intelligent automation development across the team.

  • Mentors junior team members in intelligent automation best practices.

  • Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or military experience

  • At least 2 years of experience in process management

  • At least 2 years of experience with Git or GitHub

Preferred Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of Technology Project Delivery experience

  • At least 2 years of Automation Engineering experience

  • At least 1 year of experience with modern Intelligent Automation platforms (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, python) and integrating cognitive API services (OCR, NLP, or Generative AI).

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $108,900 - $124,300 for Principal Process Manager


Richmond, VA: $98,900 - $112,900 for Principal Process Manager


Riverwoods, IL: $98,900 - $112,900 for Principal Process Manager


Wilmington, DE: $98,900 - $112,900 for Principal Process Manager








Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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